Bowen: Eagles' old heads work hard to keep lengthy careers going

Eagles tight end Brent Celek has never been one to shy away from contact on the field.THE EAGLES drafted eight players in 2007, five before they took Brent Celek 162nd overall, two after choosing Celek in the fifth round.

None of the other seven players the team assembled then still plays football for a living.

"I think it's been a few years" since anyone else in his Eagles draft class played in the NFL, Celek said this week.

He's right - second-round quarterback Kevin Kolb and third-round linebacker Stewart Bradley both finished their careers in 2012. Everyone else was done before that.

"It feels like that (draft) was just yesterday," Celek said. "It feels good, though," to have survived this…